CHESTER F. DAVIS, APPELLANT,
v.
FLORIDA PAROLE AND PROBATION COMMISSION, APPELLEE
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WIGGINTON, Judge.
Davis seeks our review of an order of the Florida Parole and Probation Commission establishing a presumptive parole release date (PPRD). We find no reversible error and affirm the order. We have held that a PPRD set in accordance with parole guidelines adopted subsequent to the date of the offense does not violate the prohibition against ex post facto laws. Overfield v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 418 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982) and May v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 424 So. 2d 122 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).
The commission’s method of fixing Davis’ PPRD does not violate double jeopardy proscriptions. In arriving at the date for tentative release, consideration may be given the trial court’s sentence as well as the same aggravating circumstances that were reviewed and utilized in the sentencing so long as Davis’ release is within the maximum time of his sentence. The court and commission have thus considered the same aggravating circumstances for complementary purposes, and no showing is made that that is not as it should be. See Hipke v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 380 So. 2d 494 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). As noted in Nunley v. U.S. Board of Pardons, 439 F.Supp. 887, 890 (W.D.Okl.1966), the “doctrine of double jeopardy has strict application to criminal prosecutions only.... It does not apply to other judicial proceedings.”
AFFIRMED.
MILLS, J., concurs.
ERVIN, J., dissents with opinion.
ERVIN, Judge,
dissenting.
I concur in the majority’s disposition of this cause on all grounds stated except that relating to the question of whether the Commission’s action violates the ex post facto clause of both the state and federal constitutions. In so doing, I adopt the views stated by Judge Shivers’ dissenting opinion in May v. Florida Parole and Probation Commission, 424 So. 2d 122 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). At the very minimum I would certify the same question certified by the majority in May as one of great public importance.
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Williams v. Fla. Parole Comm'n, 625 So. 2d 926 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)…facto clauses of the federal and state constitutions. It seems to be settled law that double jeopardy proscriptions do not apply to parole proceedings and that this argument has no colorable merit. See Davis v. Florida Parole and Probation Comm’n, 436 So. 2d 144 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); Jonas v. Wainwright, 779 F. 2d 1576, 1577 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 830, 107 S.Ct. 115, 93 L.Ed.2d 62 (1986); Nunley v. United States Board of Paroles, 439 F.Supp. 887 (W.D.Okla.1977). However, it is not equally clear…1 / 2
Authorities Cited
- Overfield v. Fla. Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 418 So. 2d 321 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
- MAY v. Fla. Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 424 So. 2d 122 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
- Hipke v. Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 380 So. 2d 494 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980)